The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-12
Various and All About.

Don't forget the lo; slipper Tonight.
Good rains during the past week and
the farmers are happy.
>Mcssrs. Green & Gaines will COM
men"e sIri9h!'ng the str, els next No
day.
Remember The exclusion tomorrow,
il you want i chap and pleasant trip to
Columbia.
The blasting OF tie rock and the deep
enlng Of tie creek below the cu,vcrt is
progressing.
There will be communion services ut
Cannon Creek church next Sabbath.
Preaching on Saturday also.
At meeting Of the building and loan
association hell last Saturday night, the
money on hand was bid. off at 23 and
27l.
Furm":S from tie county report the
wheat Very much improved since the re-
cent rains, and L good crop is yet cX-
pec;ei.
Several lersonS ii tow: r.p'rt a
slight shock If earthquake here on
Tuesday night at 9.45 p. M. 1t lasted
about 80 seconds.
The railroads will sell single tickets
to Washington to attend the national
drill tue last OF this month, at cents a
mile. In Clubs OF 25 at : cent a mile.
Mr.. G. F. Jackson, OF the Columbia
cash dry goods house, is Offering bar
gains in his line this spring. lie is one
of the old-time merchants, straightfor-
ward and reliable.
Our lawyers failed TO get any of their
cases from this county heard in the Su-
preme Court last week. A special term
of two or three days has been awarded
them at the close o: the term, about the
last of this month.
The trustees OF the IIoge school made
application to the town council for the
use OF the opera house, in which to hold
the closing exercises connected with the
school. The council declined TO let
them Lave the use of the opera house.
We are informed that two grocery
stores in town sold each about $4,000
WORTH OF goods few Saturdays ago,
and of this amount each store took in
about 30 in cash. And there are sew
eral others that are doing just as much.
Some fellow, who ought to be in the
penitentiary, was mean enough to cut
and mutillate the flowers, and boxes in
which they were, belonging to Mrs. l..
J. Jones, Mrs. S. A. BooZcr and others,
one night last week. It was an act OF
pure meanneSs, with 10 benefit possible
to the perpetrator.
The State Holiness Association will
meet in Newberry next Tuesday. The
tent will be spread in the vacant lot next
to the parsonage occupied by Rev. n. N.
Brabham, and in front # the house owned
BY Maj. DeWat. There will be forty or
fifty members of the Association present.
Bishop Keys of the Methodist Church is
expected during the progress Of the
meeting.
Some Of the young men OF the town
are organizing brass band. There are
several gentlemen here who understand
music, and at one time belonged to a
band that was here several years ago,
and there will he little difficulty in get
ting up i1st-class ban1. We are glad
to see this, and hope they will be able
to furnish music for the town. Mr.. John
w: Taylor will instruct them.
The three fire companies composing
the fire department. of the town were
out in full force on the evening OF May
10, for the annual inspection by the
board of firemasters. They present
nice-appearance and look equal to al
most any emergency. They have re-
ceived a pressing invitation to attend the
tournament in Charleston, but they will
hardly attend. One of the squads made
a run of 100 yards in q seconds. They
should 60 to Charlotte and take the
prize
Nice lot Easter Cards at J. w. Chap
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